Open AccessAchalasia Associated with Neurofibromatosis
Author(s) -
Stephen Sullivan
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/1991/104587
Subject(s) - achalasia , myotomy , neurofibromatosis , medicine , esophagus , surgery , dilation (metric space) , heller myotomy , general surgery , radiology , mathematics , combinatorics
A 32-year-old patient with neurofibromatosis who developed achalasia is reported. At the second pneumatic dilation the esophagus was perforated, requiring surgical repair and myotomy. The patient made an uneventful recovery and now swallows without difficulty. This is the second report of this association
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